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Some stereotypes are true: Teenagers do believe they couldn’t live without their cell phones. In a Harris Interactive/CTIA-The Wireless Association poll of 13-19-year-olds who’ve got one, 45 percent agreed that “Having a cell phone is the key to my social life.” Even more, 57 percent, agreed that having one “has improved the quality of my life.” Asked how important some basic cell-phone functions are to them, 79 percent accorded “die without it” or “love it” status to “make or receive calls” and 67 percent to “send or receive text messaging/SMS.”
The survey (fielded in July and released this month) also confirmed the stereotypical view that teen cell-phone users are avid texters — so much so that texting “is indeed replacing talking among teens.”
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